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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Litigation-happy? Debatable. Over-protective? Definitely.
Ineffectual? Unarguable.
Zero tolerance policies are moronic. They only succeed in making those imposing the policies look stupid.
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It's equal parts laziness and ass-covering; every case like this should be judged on its own merits, but that would require work on the school's part. On the other hand, every parent thinks their kid is the exception to the rules, so schools have said "fuck it, everything is being treated the same."
All that said, if there are explicit rules prohibiting bringing knives to school, the kid doesn't have much of a defense